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27.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
28.Dd November 1, 2011
29.Dt SKPC 9
30.Os
31.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm skpc
34.Nd skip a character in a byte string
35.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In lib/libkern/libkern.h
38.\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39.Ft int
40.Fn skpc \
41"u_char mask" "size_t size" "u_char *cp"
42.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn skpc
46function scans the byte string
47.Fa cp ,
48whose length is
49.Fa size ,
50until it finds the first character which isn't equal to
51.Fa mask
52or the string is exhausted.
53.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55The
56.Fn skpc
57function returns the number of characters skipped.
58.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
59.Sh HISTORY
60The
61.Fn skpc
62function emulates a VAX instruction with the same name.
63